Plastics innovation: Yet another corporate welfare slush fund
Source: Taxpayers Union
27 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to Labour’s announcement of a $50 million Plastics Innovation Fund, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says:”A...
Stuart Nash has the chance to end corporate welfare
Source: Taxpayers Union
2 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the appointment of Hon Stuart Nash as Minister for Economic and Regional Development.Union spokesman...
Making up facts in maiden speech to suit a prejudiced narrative is a bad...
Source: Taxpayers Union
8 DECEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIn his maiden speech in Parliament today, newly-elected Green Party list MP Ricardo Menéndez March criticised “the Winston...
Penny Bicknell saga demonstrates why New Zealand needs better anti-corruption laws
Source: Taxpayers Union
30 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEReacting to news that former Provincial Growth Fund Principal Regional Advisor Penny Bicknell has become chief executive of a firm...
Union welcomes National’s interest in isolation payment proposal
Source: Taxpayers Union
4 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENational’s proposal to pay full wages for people self-isolating is a welcome one, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.Union spokesman Louis...
GWRC tax screw-up should result in a sacking
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESomeone at Greater Wellington Regional Council needs to lose their job over a nine-year failure to pay the correct amount...
Revealed: Chris Hipkins forces school to open with a roll of zero
Source: Taxpayers Union
13 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Tuturumuri School in the Wairarapa is currently open and employing four...
Op-ed: Ratepayers deserve the right to fire their representatives
Source: Taxpayers Union
31 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThis op-ed is written by Taxpayers’ Union Co-Founder Jordan Williams. Future op-eds may be sent to a limited...
Massey is making taxpayers complicit in human rights abuses
Source: Taxpayers Union
16 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETaxpayers should not be made complicit in oppression of Uyghurs by funding Massey University, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.Taxpayers’ Union spokesman...
Taxpayer Talk: David Seymour on ACT’s Alternative Budget
Source: Taxpayers Union
In this episode, Islay Aitchison talks to ACT leader David Seymour about his party’s proposed tax cuts, public debt and cutting red...
Wellington’s forecast rate hike completely unacceptable – strident action needed
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA forecast 23 percent rate hike, or any double digit hike for that matter, must be ruled out by Wellington City...
Taxpayer Update: Signposting waste in Rotorua | More Creative NZ madness
Source: Taxpayers Union
Dear Supporter,Happy New Year! I hope you’ve enjoyed some sunny days.Our office was shut down for the holiday period, but we still...
